Harness.



N A M R. m E MN R A H mm B APPLICATION FILED APB.25, 1903.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 15, 1905.

Application filed April 25, 1903. Serial No. 154.329.

To rtZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EVERETT G. H. ZIM- MERMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boody, in the county of Macon and State of Illinois, have invented new and. useful Improvements in Harness, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to harness attachments, and more especially to means for supporting and guiding'traces for team-harness and permitting free longitudinal movement of said traces without materially wearing the supporting means.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings, Figure l is an edge elevation of a portion of the skirt of a back-band, showing the improved trace guide and holder applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a front side elevation of the parts shown by Fig. 1.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the views.

The essential feature of the attachment consists of a metallic loop 1, having an opening therethrough of approximately elliptical form which is gradually reduced toward its lower extremity. Extending from the upper and lower portions of the base of the loop are securing-arms 2, the lower arm being tapered to an edge. The arms 2 are secured against the skirt 3 of a back-band or analogous device,

and the inner edge of the loop 1 between the terminals of the arms is regularly concaved to conform to the curvature of the skirt. The loop is held projected outwardly from the skirt 3, and the outer surface of the outer member thereof is longitudinally concaved, and projecting from the center of said outer member is a longitudinally-disposed retaining-tube 5, open at both ends and having the rounded portion of a supporting-strap 6 passed therethrough, the broadened extremities of the said strap being secured to the skirt. The lower extremity of the strap 6 has the rivets or analogous devices employed for securing the lower arm 2 passed therethrough, and the upper extremity of said strap is-attached to the skirt above the upper arm 2. The round portion of the strap 6is held centrally and tightly against the outer side of the loop 1 by the longitudinal concavity in the latter and the.

retaining-tube 5, and by this means the se curement of the loop 1 to the skirt is rendered more strong and durable. The concavity in the outer surface of the outer member of the loop 1 is indicated by the dotted lines shown in Fig. 1 and by the concave transverse line at the upper terminal of the loop, as shown by Fig. 2. It will be seen that the strap 6 does not move in relation to the loop 1 after the parts are applied, and, moreover, the upper extremity of the strap extends from the upper end of the loop 1 at an inward angle of inclination to the skirt and acts as ashield or guard to prevent parts of harness, such as driving-reins or other devices, from contacting with the upper end of theloop. The opening through the loop is sufficiently large to permit a trace 4 to freely move longitudinally therein, and all of the faces of the loop exposed to the trace and to the strap 6 are curved so as to prevent-injury to the trace and strap.

The improved attachment will be found exceptionally useful for the purpose for which it has been devised and may be readily applied to harness already in use as well as to harness in course of manufacture.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is A harness attachment comprising the skirt having a trace-loop secured to the outer side thereof and arranged in vertical position thereon, a retaining-tube formed on the central outer portion of the loop and arranged longitudinally therewith, a securing-strap applied over the outer side of the loop and passed through the tube, the lower end of the securing-strap being immovably attached to the lower end of the loop, and the upper end of said strap projected over the upper end of the loop inwardlyat an angle of inclination above the terminal of the loop and rigidly fastened to said skirt, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EVERETT G. H. ZIMMERMAN.

Witnesses:

BERTHA ZIMMERMAN, A. D. ZIMMERMAN. 

